Robbery

Madness in Boston: One Bomb Suspect Dead, Other Hunted

While much of the nation was asleep, Boston experienced madness as police identified and chased two of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The suspects are said to be 19- and 20-something-year-old brothers who seem to have been living near Boston for at least a year based on internet clues ... More >>

Florida Man and Accomplice Steal ATM, Throw It Into a Lake

A couple of Davie robbers hatched themselves a foolproof scheme to rob some money.And since ATMs are just boxes of money, they decided to go gank them one from a fair.The would-be robbers did just that. Unfortunately for them, their plan went only as far as "stealing an ATM," because they were caugh ... More >>

Chris Bosh Burglar Left Heat Championship Ring

While Chris Bosh was out celebrating his 29th birthday with a massive elephant cake and a live-tweeting camel, someone was busy ransacking his home of $340,000 worth of jewels, watches and other valuables. The burglar was pretty selective of what to take, including rings and purses, according to Mi ... More >>

Three Men Charged in Boca Raton Bartender Murder at Josephine's Italian Restaurant

Three men are facing charges in connection with the shooting of a manager/bartender at Josephine's Italian Restaurant in Boca Raton.According to WPEC, Channel 12 news, Quinton Redell Sylvestre, 26, of Fort Lauderdale; Samuel Magic Walker, 27, of Lauderdale Lakes; and Adalberto Junior Montalvo, 29, o ... More >>

Wheelchair-Bound Man Stabbed at Orlando McDonalds

Are we safe anywhere anymore? Orlando's Wesh.com is reporting a wheelchair-bound man was stabbed a handful of times in the abdomen at a McDonald's restaurant late Christmas Day.

FAU Boca Campus on Lockdown After Armed Intruder Reported (UPDATED)

Florida Atlantic University is reporting that an armed intruder has been spotted on their Boca campus. Early reports say the intruder is in the Arts & Letters building. He is described is a black male, about five-foot-ten, with a muscular build. He is reportedly wearing white pants an ... More >>

U.S. Marshals Sued After Allegedly Shooting Innocent Woman Five Times in Boynton Beach

A federal lawsuit filed this week claims that U.S. Marshals acted recklessly when they opened fire in a Boynton Beach parking lot last year and shot an innocent woman five times. Attorney Ronald Guralnick tells New Times that he's seeking $10 million in compensation for his client, Ja ... More >>

Red Sox Fan Who Robbed Boca Raton Bank in Custody, According to FBI

Myles Dowling of Newton Massachusetts was arrested for robbing a PNC Bank in Boca Raton last week, according to an FBI criminal complaint filed in federal court. The complaint says Dowling demanded money from the tellers using a black revolver handgun, and then took off in a four-door 2000 Honda Ci ... More >>

Boynton Beach TD Bank Robbed With Piece of Paper

The TD Bank branch at 1601 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. was robbed around 1:30 yesterday afternoon by a guy dressed like an awkward golfer.Police did not say how much he got away with, but did say he stuffed the money in "a light blue backpack and left the bank running toward Winchester Park Boulevard." H ... More >>

Escaped Wisconsin Inmates Arrested Climbing Things in Broward County

Police say 29-year-old James Newman and 18-year-old James Misleveck escaped from a Wisconsin correctional facility last week, then stole cars and a shogun and kidnapped a woman from a casino. They were then allegedly spotted at a robbery in Hillsborough County on Sunday, thousands of miles away.Afte ... More >>

Hooker Robbed Him, Passed-Out Drunk Man Tells Cops

Drunk Man Picked Up Hooker, Fell Asleep, Called Police to Report Robbery, Cops Say

Whatever actually happened to Harold Needle early last Saturday morning, it wasn't good. Boynton Beach Police say he called them to report a robbery, but the incident report says, "[It] should be noted Howard had approx. five different stories to the above incident and was extremely intoxicated."Nee ... More >>

BSO: Robber Dropped Camera Phone; Here Are His Photos

Around 8 p.m. on May 30, someone attacked a man on the 2500 block of Northwest 8th Street in Franklin Park, according to police. The robber put the man in a chokehold and held what the victim believes was a boxcutter to his throat. The robber demanded money then ran away -- but the victim gave ... More >>

James Benjamin, Accused of Killing Ex, Has Long Rap Sheet of Violent Crime

We told you yesterday about James Benjamin, the 39-year-old accused of killing Jessica Delgado, his ex-girlfriend and mother of two children with him. The way he reportedly told it to police, the two of them got in a fight early May 8 because she was dating someone else and didn't want to start up a ... More >>

Stealing Entire ATMs Is a Terrible Idea, but Stores Are Asking for It

If the decrepit, fictionalized methheads on Breaking Bad have taught us anything, it's that stealing an entire ATM is a fruitless venture that will result in your skull getting crushed. In the wee hours of Monday morning, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrived at a Loxahatchee Walg ... More >>

Bank Robber Drops Cash All Over I-75, FBI Asks For It Back, Nobody Gives It Back

​The FBI announced a $5,000 reward yesterday for information leading to the arrest of a man they say robbed a Pembroke Pines Wells Fargo bank on March 29.Police say the man fled on a dark-colored sport bike with the money stuffed in a black backpack. The backpack then opened on Interstate 75 and d ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Police Fighting Parole For Murderers Who Didn't Technically Kill Anybody

​In July 1974, Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Walter Ilyankoff was executed in the parking lot of a Red Lobster during a botched armed robbery attempt.The four men who committed the robbery were all convicted of first-degree murder. The three still alive are up for parole in August -- and the Fort ... More >>

After Pizza Shop Burglary, Police Chase and Fire Ensues

​There's nothing to stir excitement quite like a robbery, a car chase, an explosive fire, and a fugitive hiding in a canal.

Jennifer Finch Notches Arrest Number 50; Beard Slightly Trimmed This Time Around

Volusia County Sheriff's OfficeJennifer Finch, mug-shot take 50.​It took just over ten years, but 33-year-old Jennifer Finch managed to be arrested for the 50th time on Saturday and made her 50th trip to the Volusia County Jail.This time around, Finch was popped by the Daytona Beach Police Departm ... More >>

Richard Robinson's Night Included Robbing a Store and Shooting at Cops, Police Say

​Here's how 27-year-old Richard Robinson allegedly spent his Wednesday night: Robbing a 7-Eleven store, shooting at police, and getting into an hours-long standoff with the BSO's SWAT team until surrendering at 4 a.m. today.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Det. Travis Mandell, the cops got a ca ... More >>

Pack of North Lauderdale Women Fails to Rob Pizza Boy With Paintball Gun

BSOTashay Bryant​For once, the pizza boy taking forever to deliver a pizza was a good thing.Four North Lauderdale women waited in the driveway of a vacant home for so long to rob the pizza boy that two neighbors called 911 and Broward Sheriff's deputies showed up before any sign of the pizza, cops ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Saggy Pants Serial Robber Gets 26-Year Sentence

Susan NYC from Flickr.com​Forget about the Riviera Beach law that warns saggy-pants-wearing citizens to pull 'em up or pay up.Here's an even better reason anyone sporting low-riders should start hiking things up: It might make you less of a target if you happen to be running from the cops.That was ... More >>

[UPDATED] Ex-Bondsman Manny Periu Arrested Again, Charged With Threatening Witness

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficePeriu managed a smile for his most recent mug shot.​Manny Periu, the former Broward bondsman known for accidentally chauffeuring a bank robber, is back in jail after being arrested Tuesday night on charges he threatened a witness in a drug-trafficking case.That clash ... More >>

Suspect in Teacher's Murder Was Also Accused of Robbery

PBSOLawrence Hunt is now charged with second-degree murder.​The man accused of fatally shooting his alleged lover, L.C. Swain Middle School teacher Calvin Williams, is no hardened criminal, but he has been accused of violence before.Three years ago, when he was in 11th grade at Palm Beach Gardens ... More >>

ILLEGAL From Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

Morning Juice: Oil Will Ride Current to South Florida Coast; Circle K Killings an Isolated Event

​Here's what's in the local news this morning:If crews don't fix the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon, then scientists say it's "inevitable" that an ocean current will bring that contaminated water up Florida's east coast, through Broward and Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Two forensic psycholog ... More >>

Arrest Made in 2004 Carjacking Murder

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeMcCall​Renalto Obos was shot dead in November 2004 while sitting in a car on Northwest 3rd Avenue with his girlfriend. It was robbery gone awry. The killer wore a mask, and due to the random nature of the crime, Broward Sheriff's Office couldn't find a suspect until ... More >>

Morning Juice: Corruption Sting in Miramar Lures City Manager; 18-Month Old Infant Struck by Truck in Lauderhill

​Tuesday morning's news in Broward and Palm Beach:The federal corruption investigation in Miramar goes right to the top, as filings in that case indicate that former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman set up a meeting between an undercover agent and City Manager Robert Payton, who then helped the agent ... More >>

Bank Robber From Mobbed-Up Family Was Hiding Out in Hallandale

Ludwigsen​George Ludwigsen will soon be sentenced for breaking into safety deposit boxes in Mississippi with a saw -- and that's not nearly the most exciting criminal caper the 40-year-old Hallandale Beach resident has to his credit. Earlier in the decade, Ludwigsen and his more famous younger bro ... More >>

Suspected Thief Shot, Killed in Lauderdale Lakes

A Broward Sheriff's Office sting aimed at catching a suspected thief turned into a gunfight this afternoon at the 19th Street Food Shop in Lauderdale Lakes. From the BSO release:The suspect, a man in his 20s, was the subject of an investigation by BSO and other agencies into several recent robberies ... More >>

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After 30-mile High Speed Chase, Lauderdale Police Catch Armed Robbery Suspects

Photo: Fort Lauderdale PoliceKyle Smith​Two men suspected of robbing a 71-year-old man last night in Fort Lauderdale led police on a 30-mile high-speed pursuit into Palm Beach County before being arrested near Woolbright Road in Boynton Beach.Kyle Smith, 23, and Ivan Camacho, 24, are in custody on ... More >>

Ironic T-Shirt an Accessory to Robbery

Photo by Dom Cruz​At least since Bonnie and Clyde, criminals have been fashion trendsetters. Now an unidentified thief appears to be seeking similar icon status, days after wearing a "POLICE" T-shirt to an armed robbery in Pompano Beach.The BSO news release tells of a 35-year-old woman named Franc ... More >>

Robbery at Regal Cinemas

The Cypress Creek Cinemas 16 at the corner of Andrews and Cypress Creek in Fort Lauderdale was robbed yesterday morning. According to police, the culprit - a 5'5, 200-pound white guy - confronted the manager with a gun as he entered the theatre in the morning, rounded up and bound all the emplo ... More >>

Morning Juice: Robber Has Pawn Problem, Homework Rules Promote Pot Smoking, Hiahleah is Blah, Blah, Blah

Robber Who Got $4 million in Jewelry Probably Got Ripped Off TooThe robber who knocked over a Palm Beach jewelry store on Sunday made off with a cool $4 million in goods. Police released a sketch of the robber, at right, and it turns out he LOOKS LIKE EVERY WHITE GUY I KNOW! Police are looking for l ... More >>

Morning Juice: Broker Finds True Meaning of X-mas, Quiznos Bandit a New Holiday Special, Dave Barry Laughs at Fruitcakes

Broker Accused of Stealing, Finding True Meaning of ChristmasToday's news is being brought to you by my coworker Stacy, the head of the accounting department and the proud owner of this super scary Grinch costume. Stacy decided to wear this costume today, which is also reserved for The Juice's "Brin ... More >>

Crist's Wedding Dress, the GOP's KKK Problem, and the Dunkin' Badass

  Crist Buys Wedding Dress, Won't Be One Wearing It If you're the type of person who laughs at the sight of a beard-wedding dress combination, you'll appreciate the news that Charlie Crist's fiancee recently bought herself a wedding gown. I say this not because the accusations that Carole Rome ... More >>

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